Bir Mat Ko Loo
"Prevention is Better Than Cure"

TCHD Projects

HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care

• Operate Voluntary Counseling & Testing (VCT) centers
• Train students, teachers, and youth leaders in "Why Wait?" program, an abstinence-based, biblical, character-formation curriculum
• Prevention of mother to child HIV transmission
• Equip churches for involvement in HIV/AIDS in their local community

Safe and Accessible Water

• Provide bio-sand water filters
• Construct rain water tanks at area schools
• Spring capping

Food Security

• Establish food banks
• Promote drought resistant crops
• Promote dairy goats
• Provide mango seedlings

Hygiene and Sanitation

• Target primary schools for health education
• Assist communities to construct pit latrines at schools
• Train town health promoters

Maternal Child Health

• Hold immunization and antenatal care clinics
• Malaria prevention education through Community Health Workers
• Subsidized mosquito net

Gainful Employment

• Arrange apprenticeships such as tailoring and carpentry
• Bicycle taxis
• Loans for Small Enterprise Development

Equip Church for Holistic Ministry

• Mobilize churches to lead the way in health and development outreach
• Facilitate courses to develop church leaders to be effective in ministry following the model of Jesus Christ
• Mobilize and help the church to assist AIDS orphans

Green House Training Center

• Much of the training takes place at our new Green House Training Center
• This training encourages community empowerment through training on leadership, financial accountability, and cooperation